The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-08-04
OLD FATHER DUNDEE.
He Tells a Highly Moral Fairy Story to
His AdnIring Young Friends.

His AdnIring Young Friends.
Well, shildren, may pc You like to
hear me talk some more? Ivhas oanly
an oldt Dutchmans. but if l do You
some goot dot vhas all right l guess
/ tell you aboudt some badt boy
Teller who vas named Shacob Horuber-
ger. and who lif py dot Black Forest in
Shermany. Was l tell you happened
80 long ago dot my great grandfather
vhas leedle poy. l hat some peoples
tell me it vhas a fairy story, but l doan'
know. Well now To pegiD:
Vonce upon some time pov named
Shacob Hornbergcr lif by der Black
Forest nit his parents. Dot poy doan'
lie und sthcal, but he vhas cruel in his
n.indt. If he secs some odder le.dle
pov he likes to hit him nit club. und
if he sees some leedle girl he likes to
pinch ner und make her yell so loud rs
cannon. Dot vhas pad preencipIes,
shildren. If you doan' have some
mercy und sympathy for oddcr people
you Will some day sthand oop on der
@allows to he hung.
Well, to proceed some more. dot pOy
Shacob vhas tirkled all oafer when he
hat some shance to be cruel nit Il dumb
brute. 1t vhas his delight to throw
stones at some dogs, hunt down cats,
und kill off der innocent birds. If he
doan' be cruel to something during der
day he doan' shleeu goot ut night. Lots
of peoples talk to him und giff him goot
advice, but ShacOb vhas no peter.
When poy doan' heed der words of
his parents und friends it vhas bad for
him-werry badt He vhas on der
plank roadt to destruction. und he dies
some awful death.
Well, one day Shacob finds rabbit
nit two proken legs, und he vhas nefer
SO tickled pefore. 1t vhas shance to
pc cruel, und he takes oudt his knife to
torture dot poor rabbit. A leetle oldt
man NIT a hump on his pack und one
white eyebrow comes oudt of der woods
shus den und says:
"Vhas YOU do, eli; Shacob? You
doan' he cruel to dot poor rabbit, l
hope?"
Il like to skin him allie" says
Shacob.
But if you touch him you shall be
punished.
Und now. shildrei, vhas you suppose
dot poy did? He jabs dot knife into dot
rabbits eyes und laughs ha! ha! ha! to
hear him cry Oudt midi pain. However.
he hadt no sooner done dot dan der old
man makes two signs like dot und says:
Il turn dot poy into lean, plind
wolf, und bid him go off nit der Black
Forest? Dot rabbit vhas all right again!"
Und, shildren, shust like you lif, Sha-
rob becomes a plind wolf. nit all his
ribs plain to be seen. und dot rabbit
goes scampering off on four legs, nit
his eyes as gOot as eater. Dot wolf
hOwls NIT hunger und pain, und While
he runs he knocks himself oafer lots of
times und vhas paddy used oop. If he
can't see he can't catch something to
eat, und in little time he goes deadt.
If YOU see some rabbit, shildren. you
Will notice how crooked his hindt legs
vhas. Dot vhas because dey vhas pro-
ken. You notice some specs in his
eyes. Dot vhas because he vhas cured
SO queek of his blindness. Dot vhas my
story, leedle ones, und l like you to re-
member it Der pOy who likes to gif
pain to some helpless animal Will come
OOp to some badt man. 1t vhas peter
dot our hearts vhas always full of pity
and mercy, und dot we vhas always
ready nit charity for der unfortunate.
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